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The Washington Post got a lot of attention when it posted a blog about the places you can't hold office if you're an atheist.

Mississippi, being in the Bible Belt, was one of them.

That law is actually in the Mississippi Constitution and states: "No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in the state." The law doesn't say which Supreme Being you had to believe in. Just a Supreme Being. So, technically - Ancient Aliens would count, right?

But there are also some much stranger laws on the books in Mississippi, and you could be breaking the law and not even know it!

Marriage & Family

Men - don't lie to an adult woman and promise marriage to her. That's against the law.

If you don't want to get married, and want to "shack up" instead - be warned - you could face a $500 fine and six months in prison for "adultery or fornication".

It's also against the law to have more than one illegitimate child.

You can't teach others what polygamy is. (So, you'll have to Google search that one)

And you probably know someone who broke this law: You can be fined $100 for cursing in public.

Interesting in Ridgeland

Don't have sex in public. The law is seven paragraphs long and goes into great detail about what's illegal. Makes me wonder how that law came to be in the first place. Did they have a huge problem with this?

Don't have burglar bars that you can see from the street, or you could be fined up to a thousand bucks. It's okay to have them on the inside of your house, though.

Be Careful in Oxford

Might want to be careful when attending an Ole Miss game. There's a law on the books that says it's illegal to cheer, "unless there's a reason to." Not sure who gets to decide when that "reason" is. So, you have been warned.

Also, watch how many times you drive around the square. More than 100 times, and you'll be in trouble. But it may be a moot point since "motor vehicles" aren't allowed on the square anyway.

Common Sense

Then there are the laws that are plain common sense, and I wonder why they had to write them down: